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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 2007
Page
3
Reports say police cordoned streets near the U S Embassy in Athens after a blast inside the embassy compound described as an act of terrorism. No injuries reported. officials search nearby apartments and a hospital.
In Cochabamba and La Paz protests over Governor Manfred Reyes Villa turn violent with two killed and over sixty injured. About 30,000 demonstrators confront police while 1,500 soldiers are sent to restore order, as opposition governors gather at a hotel in La Paz.
Protesters led by Cindy Sheehan in Cuba demand the Guantanamo Bay detention camp close five years after suspects arrived. Mothers of detainees, a New York firefighter’s mother, and other activists join Bouquets of flowers are placed on the fence while Cuban officials block a gate entry. Demonstrations also occur in Washington and London as Ban Ki moon urges closure. The U.S. holds about 395 detainees with 60 to 80 facing trial.
President Iajuddin Ahmed announced a state of emergency and stepped down as chief adviser to the caretaker government amid violent protests and an election boycott. An overnight curfew was imposed in Dhaka and 60 towns as soldiers deployed nationwide to enforce order with no date set for the postponed January 22 election. Fazlul Haque to head caretaker government until a new interim leader is appointed.
NATO officials said as many as 150 insurgents were killed in a winter battle near the Afghan Pakistan border after two large groups crossed into Afghanistan from Pakistan. Afghan defense ministry figures put insurgent deaths at 80 with 11 bodies left behind, evidence of bodies dragged back across the border. Maj. Gen. Benjamin Freakley stated a wide effort to search and destroy enemies of Afghanistan.
Afghan warlord Gulbuddin Hekmatyar told Geo TV that his fighters aided Osama bin Laden and deputy Ayman al Zawahiri to escape U.S. bombing in 2001 during the Tora Bora operation. He said a safe place sheltered them and added he no longer maintains ties with al Qaeda.
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